Wendy waited patiently by the bar. She fiddled around with her fingers and tapped on her lap. It was very clear to the others in the guild that she was doing her best to be as still as possible. As she sat waiting for a certain black haired boy to show up at the guild, she couldn't help but feel excited. Ever since she had lost the ability to use her legs, she hasn't done much with the other guild members. Sure she would chat with them here and there, but that was usually just with Mirajane, Lisanna, Lucy and Levy. But Lucy and Levy were almost always out on jobs, and no a days so were Mirajane and Lisanna. So even if Romeo was just dropping by to give her a book, she couldn't wait.
Wendy had woken up rather early that morning, so she had plenty of time to quickly finish she had started last night, all before Mirajane came to help her out of bed. She had begun to really get used to the routine. Once she was seated nicely in her wheelchair, she would head out and into the guild hall, where she spent her days. And of course, like today, she would sit near the bar and talk with whoever came by.
She was in the middle of a small conversation with Charle when she suddenly heard her name being called.
"Wendy!" She turned her head and saw Romeo running into the guild. He waved to her briefly, as if to catch her attention. He ran right up to her, puffing out air as if he had run all the way from Hargeon.
"Are you ok?" Wendy asked the boy.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He took a moment to catch his breath before digging through the bag that was slung over his shoulder and pulling out a book. "Here you go." He said as he handed it to Wendy. "Sorry it took me so long to get here. My dad made me clean my room before I left."
"Ha-ha. Don't worry about it at all. Thank you for bringing it." The sky mage smiled as she rested the book on her lap.
"You bet." Romeo grinned as he went to sit on the bar stool next to Wendy. "Can I get a glass of water Mira?"
"Coming right up!" Mirajane called. She had been down at the other end of the bar, trying to convince Cana that she didn't need so many drinks when it was only mid-morning. After leaving the drunken girl, Mirajane filled up two glasses of ice cold water and brought them over to the pre-teens. "Here you go you two."
"Thank you very much." Wendy said as she took the glass that was lowered to her in both hands.
"Thanks." Romeo didn't wait too long before beginning to down the water. He swallowed the whole glass in was seemed to be one large gulp before slamming the glass down on the table. "Aaahe!" He exclaimed with a large grin on his face. He whipped his mouth with the back of his hand. "That was great."
Wendy smiled up at the cheerful boy as she slowly drank from her own water. "So are you doing anything else today?" Wendy asked the boy.
"Who me?" Romeo thought it over. "Hmmmm. Don't think so. Although I haven't gone on a job in a while. Maybe I should check the board out."
"Does your dad let you go on jobs alone yet?" Wendy asked.
"No. It sucks!" Romeo complained, tossing his arms up in the air as if he was trying to prove some point. "He thinks I'm not old enough to get a job done unless it's something stupid like finding a lost cat!"
"Poor kitty." Wendy muttered to herself. "I'm sure you'll be able to go alone sooner or later. You're lucky that you get to go on jobs even if you have to be with someone else." The blue haired mage had a sad expression as she said the last sentence. She looked down at her lap and the lifeless legs beneath her.
Romeo caught Wendy looking sad and immediately felt a pang of guilt. "Don't worry about it. I didn't mean to sound selfish or anything like that! I was just ranting a bit. You know? I didn't mean anything by it! I swear! And um….oh yeah! I'm sure you'll be out of here soon. You haven't left the guild in a while right? What if we go for a walk, no, I mean roll, er….um…..why don't we take a little trip to the park letter? Yeah, that sounds better. What do you think?"
Wendy's eyes were wide after Romeo finished stammering around. He had spoken so quickly it had been hard for her to keep up with his words. After a moment of processing what he had said through her head, Wendy found herself having a hard time holding back a chuckle. Her hold on the giggle wasn't tight enough however and she soon broke out into laughter. Wendy found herself whipping her eyes after them watering up from laughing so hard. Upon seeing the girl laughing, Romeo had joined in. Although his had started as a bit more of a nervous laugh, it soon transformed into the same solid laughter Wendy was letting out.
"That sounds wonderful." Wendy said after calming herself down enough to talk properly. The large smile was still spread across her face, reaching from ear to ear. "I haven't been outside in forever."
"Mhmm." Romeo nodded. "We can invite some more people to come too if you want."
"Really?!" Wendy thought it over. "Natsu and the others haven't gotten back yet, and Levy's group is out as well. Maybe we could invite Mirajane and Lisanna?"
"Sounds great! I'll go ask'em now. Wait right here." Romeo then ran off to track down the white haired sisters.
Wendy sat still in her chair and began looking over the new book she had placed in her lap. She ran her fingers over the cover before carefully opening it to the first page. She was still giggling to herself, laughter left over from her previous moment with the young fire mage.